China is currently the world capital for electric car manufacturing. Currently, there are more sold there than the rest of the world combined. The charge is mostly lead by locally designed and made vehicles sold mega cheap due to the massive government subsidies.
Very soon, all car manufacturing in Australia will stop and a century-old tradition of manufacturing will be consigned to the history books. Australia was to a larger extent building cars slightly unique from other car markets – cars built for the long, hot dusty roads of the outback.
X-1R Corp, a Daytona Beach, Florida-based company best known for its NASA-approved “Certified Space Technology” lubricant, has completed a long-term research study at Sysco Intermountain, an industry-leading food service distributor.
In a small and usually sleepy seaside village of Hopeman in North Eastern Scotland, people have been battling with the scourge of speeding motorists. The problem had become so acute and in the face of apparent inaction by the local constabulary, local residents decided to take direct action themselves to make the towns streets safer. Equipped in Hi-Vis jackets and toting a hairdryer, local volunteers have taken turns standing by the side of the road mimicking a police speed trap.
My friend climbed into my car this morning and the first thing she said to me was: “When was the last time you washed your car?” In my defense, I parked my car under a tree yesterday and it had rained heavily, so on top of the layer of dirt, there was a scattering of gifts from nature – leaves, twigs and flowers. But admittedly, I procrastinate when it comes to washing my car. My friend’s question, which was more rhetorical than inquisitive, got me to thinking about how lazy people like me can keep their cars clean:
We’re not big on walking or what we call taking Bus No. 11 (geddit?) here. Even if it was just to buy a loaf of bread and the shop is but a few hundred metres away.